Tropical Storm Bret grew stronger on Wednesday as it took aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that braced for torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding.
Bret had maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h late Wednesday afternoon and was moving westward across the Atlantic Ocean at 24 km/h, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The storm was located some 605 kilometres east of Barbados and is expected to grow stronger before lashing several eastern Caribbean islands late Thursday at near-hurricane strength.
A tropical storm warning was issued for St. Lucia and the French Caribbean island of Martinique as officials in the region urged
